Breaking 10
10 Pounds gone since 12.27. Yep. I hit 10 gone over the weekend. That’s 20 more to go by the end of March. I might come close. (But if you aim high and hit in the middle, it’s nicer than aiming too low, right?)
So what did I do different over the last month?
*No running. Just fast walking and basketball (not *real* basketball).
*10,000 steps a day minimum. (go cheap Walmart pedometers).
*Cut out the monster (snacks after 10PM).
*More calcium (in case that “cuts fat storage” thing is true).
*More calories earlier and fewer later (timing intake).
*High intensity weightlifting (big muscles burn more calories).
*More fiber (super colon blow!)
*Refocused mentally.
Shotgun approach, I’m afraid. I just threw as many ideas that seemed good at my situation as I possibly could muster. I’m not sure which is to credit. Maybe all of them. Maybe not. There are some studies out there (I think I read mine in Experience Life) showing that the food stuff doesn’t matter nearly as much as the exercise stuff. I don’t know. The government is swinging back to “calories in versus calories burned” again, instead of beating on the fat door and the low carb door.
In other news, 2 chinups now. I can do 2 back to back. I did this twice, with sets of negatives in between. I’m thinking I’m doing well. I feel chipper about that.
I’m already tired of using machines to lift. I think I’m going to take my new program back to freeweights and see how it translates. Mostly legs. The new program has me threading myself into those leg curl and leg extension devices, and it just doesn’t feel as natural as squatting and lunging, etc.
Shifting and changing, but maintaining the goal focus. That’s the trick of it.
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